Rail-brace.



No 774,845. PATENTED NOV. 15, 1904. J. P. KELLY.

RAIL BRAGE.

APPLIOATION FILED JULY 16. 1904.

H0 MODEL.

Patented November 15, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES F. KELLY, OF GALENA, ILLINOIS.

RAIL-BRACE- SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 774,845, dated November 15, 1904:.

Application filed July 16, 1904. Serial No. 216,874. (No model.)

1'0 all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMES F. KELLY, aresident of Galena, in the county of J o Daviess and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rail-Braces; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to an improved railbrace, the object of the invention being to provide an improved brace especially designed for use in connection with my improved rail-clamp disclosed in my allowed application, filed January 28, 1904, Serial No. 191,039, the object of the invention being to provide an improved brace designed to fit over said clamp and securely hold the clamp and rail in position; and the invention consists incertain novel features of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts, as will be more fully hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims. 7

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a portion of a rail, showing the application of my improvements thereto. Fig. 2 is a view showing a rail in crosssection and my improvementsin side elevation. Fig. 3 is a plan view. Fig. 4 is a perspective View of the brace. 7

1 represents a railroad-rail of ordinary construction supported on ties 2 and secured thereon by clamping-plates 3. These plates 3each comprise a metal bar adapted to rest on the rail base-flange 4: and have depending flanges 5 at their outer edge to be located against the outer edge of the base-flange and seat the clamping-plate in proper' position, it being understood that similar clamping-plates are located at opposite sides of the rail. The shape of the clamping plate or plates is clearly shown in my allowed application to receive spikes 8, driven into the ties in opposite directions at an angle of twentydegrees, more or less, to locate the heads of the spikes over the inclined faces of the plates.

9 represents my improved brace, which comprises a casting having parallel side webs connected by a vertical cross-web 10 near their center by a top plate 11 in advance of crossweb 10 and by a bottom p12 te 12 in rear of cross-web 10, said bottom plate having an angular opening 13 to receive a securing-spike.

The inner end of the brace is beveled at its upper end, as shown at 14, to snugly fit under the tread of the rail and the inner end against the web of the rail with the lower edge of the brace resting on the base-flange of the rail, and the parallel side webs or plates 9, just in advance of cross-web 10, are made with alined notches 15 to receive the clamping-plate 3 and spikes 8, the base-plate 12 resting on the tie and secured by a spike in opening- 13. To further secure the parts rigid, a key 16 is driven between the spikes 8 and cross-web 10 of the brace, as clearly shown. This key prevents possibility of the release of spikes 8 and makes absolutely rigid the connection of the clamping-plate with the rail and the brace with the clamping-plate and rail.

It will be observed that with my improyed brace but a single spike is necessary to secure the same in position, as lateral movement of the brace is rendered impossible by its connection with the clamping-plate.

A great many slight changes might be made in the general form and arrangement of the parts described without departing from my invention, and hence I do not restrict myself to the precise details set forth, but consider myself at liberty to make such slight changes and alterations as fairly fall within the spirit and scope of my invention.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A rail-brace constructed with a transverse notch in its bottom between its ends to receive a rail-clamping plate disposed parallel with the rail.

2. A rail-brace having a head portion to bear against the head, tread and flange of a rail and a base portion to rest upon a tie, said brace having a notch in its bottom between said head and base portions to receive a railclamping plate.

3. A rail-brace notched to receive a railclamping plate, anda key to be inserted in said notch between the clamping-plate and brace.

4. A rail-brace, comprising a casting havor Web in rear of the cross-Web having a spikeopening.

5. The combination with a rail, a clampingplate on the base-flange thereof, and spikes securing the clamping-plate in position, of a rail-brace having notches or recesses to receive the clam ping-plate and spikes and shaped to fit the base, Web, and tread of the rail, and a spike located in an opening in the brace securing the same in position.

6. The combination with a rail, a clampingplate on the base-flange thereof, and spikes securing the clamping-plate in position, of a rail-brace secured against movement and having notches or a recess to receive the clamping-plate and spikes, and a key inserted between said spikes and the Wall of the recess or notches.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JAMES F. KELLY.

Witnesses:

JOSEPH M. NAOK, W. A. SMITH. 

